Edit discounts

This document describes how to edit discounts in the Back Office.

Prerequisites

If you are new to discounts, you might want to start with Best practices: Promote products with discounts.

Review the reference information before you start, or look up the necessary information as you go through the process.

To edit a discount, do the following:

1. Go to Merchandising > Discount. This opens the Discount page.
2. Next to the discount you want to edit, click Edit.

Edit general settings of a discount

1. On the Edit Discount page, click the General information tab.
2. For STORE RELATION, clear or select stores.
3. Select a DISCOUNT TYPE.
4. Update NAME.
5. Update DESCRIPTION.
6. Update PRIORITY.
7. Update exclusivity by selecting EXCLUSIVE or NON-EXCLUSIVE.
8. Select a VALID FROM date.
9. Select a VALID TO date.
10. Click Save. This refreshes the page with a success message displayed.

Edit discount calculation and the products to apply the discount to

1. Click the Discount calculation tab.
2. Select a CALCULATOR TYPE.
3. Based on the selected calculator type, do one of the following:
   • Fixed amount: Update the discounted prices.
   • Percentage: For VALUE, update the percentage to be discounted.
4. Select a DISCOUNT APPLICATION TYPE.
5. Depending on the discount application type you’ve selected, do the following:
   • QUERY STRING: Update the query using the query builder or by entering a plain query.
   • PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT:
     1. Enter ABSTRACT PRODUCT SKU.
     2. Enter a QUANTITY.
6. Click Save. This refreshes the page with a success message displayed.

Edit the conditions on which the discount can be applied

1. Click the Conditions tab.
2. For APPLY WHEN, update the query using the query builder or by entering a plain query.
3. Update THE DISCOUNT CAN BE APPLIED IF THE QUERY APPLIES FOR AT LEAST X ITEM(S)..
4. Click Save. This refreshes the page with a success message displayed.

Voucher discount: Generate voucher codes

1. Click the Voucher codes tab.
2. Enter a QUANTITY.
3. Optional: Enter a CUSTOM CODE.
4. Optional: For ADD RANDOM GENERATED CODE LENGTH, select a number.
5. Enter a MAX NUMBER OF USES.
6. Click Generate. This refreshes the page with a success message displayed. The created voucher codes are displayed in the Generated Discount Codes section.

Tips and tricks To download voucher codes, click Export.

Reference information: Edit general settings of a discount

Reference information: Edit discount calculation and the products to apply the discount to

This section contains information for defining discount calculations and the product the discount applies to.

CALCULATOR TYPE

The discount can be calculated in two ways:

• Percentage: The discount is calculated as a percentage of the discounted items.
• Fixed amount: A fixed amount is discounted.

Example:

DISCOUNT APPLICATION TYPE: QUERY STRING

A query string defines what products a discount applies to. A query string consists of decision rules. Only the products that fulfill all the decision rules are discountable. You can define a query string by entering a plain query or by using a query builder.

Query builder:

Plain query:

A decision rule consists of the following:

• Attribute. For example, attribute.color.
• Relation operator. For example, equal.
• Value. For example, black.

You can find query examples in the following table.

DISCOUNT APPLICATION TYPE: PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT

The promotional product lets you select a product that is to be displayed in a customer’s cart with a discount. The ABSTRACT PRODUCT SKU defines the discounted product, and QUANTITY defines how many products a customer can buy with a discount.

To give away a promotional product for free, select percentage calculator type and enter 100 percent.

Reference information: Edit the conditions on which the discount can be applied

Similarly do defining discounted products, the conditions in which a discount is a applied are defined using a query string.

Example: The discount is applied if five or more items are in the cart, and if it is Tuesday or Wednesday.

The THE DISCOUNT CAN BE APPLIED IF THE QUERY APPLIES FOR AT LEAST X ITEM(S). defines a minimum number of items that must fulfill the query for the discount to be applies. By default, the minimum order amount value is 1. It means that the discount is applied if there is one item in a cart the fulfills the query.

Example: The discount is applied if 4 or more items with an Intel Core processor are in the cart.

Reference information: Generate voucher codes

Decision rules: Attributes and operators

This section contains additional information for defining decision rules.

| ATTRIBUTE | VALUE TYPE | DESCRIPTION | |-|-|-|-| |calendar-week|Number| The number of a week in a year: 1-52. | |day-of-week|Number| The day of week: 1-7. | |grand-total| Decimal number | The sum of all totals. | |sub-total| Decimal number | The sum of item prices without shipment expenses and discounts. | |item-price| Decimal number | The price of one item. | |item-quantity|Number| The number of items. | |month|Number| The month of the year: 1-12. | |sku|String| The SKU of a product. | |time| hour:minute | The time of the day. | |total-quantity|Number| The total cart quantity. | |attribute.*|String, number| Any value. | |customer-group|String| Any value, use a customer group name for an exact match. |

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